Envy of Japan’s Nobel prize record is fuelling massive investment in sciences and higher education, including in international partnerships, says president of Ghent branch campus
Author of new book The Cunning of Uncertainty fears pressure for scientific certainty is leading researchers to make promises they cannot deliver
What Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice means for the higher education sector
Government proposals will be detrimental not just to scholarship but to quality teaching in higher education, says Joanna Williams
Top 150 universities for graduate employability revealed
Much is to be decided on who will distribute research funding, but a metrics-based ‘mini-REF’ may raise eyebrows, says David Matthews
Some of the key points to take away from the government’s consultation on the future of universities
Most institutions likely to be able to increase fees in 2017-18, with subsequent awards to allow for further rises
Hefce and Office for Fair Access would be merged into new body under government proposals, while Green Paper also suggests ministers could set fee caps
Universities and other sector bodies have given a cautious welcome to proposals contained in a new Green Paper on higher education
With 500 jobs at stake, ballot is first of its type in institution’s history
University of Cambridge’s examinations arm finds independent school-leavers at Russell Group institutions are a third less likely to get a good degree than state school students with similar A-level...
John Morgan looks at plans to make it quicker for private colleges to access public funding and become universities
The institution takes a further step towards becoming an independent university
PaperRank service will allow researchers to rate papers online in bid to accelerate and open up process